Tim Hadler is a son of Washington State who has fulfilled his lifelong dream of becoming a star in Branson with his popular show “Strait to Branson.” This tribute to the music of George Strait is a favorite with audiences nationwide.
Award-winning songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Abby Posner has a high-energy approach to roots, folk, Americana, and any other genre she can weave into her songs. She’s been featured in advertising internationally, on streaming platforms and radio, and has the honor of writing the NHL LA Kings’ team anthem.
Coming to our stage from scenic and mossy Wahkiakum County, the band known as Skamokawa Swamp Opera is a meld of chamber music, steampunk, bluegrass, and pop. They cover such disparate artists as Gloria Gaynor, Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, and the Eurythmics; they also perform the very funny “Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s Report.”
The Jenner Fox Band has been winning the hearts and souls of audiences with their unique approach to the iconic music of Paul Simon. The tunes are beloved: “Loves Me Like a Rock”, “Bridge Over Troubled Water”, “You Can Call Me Al”, “Graceland”, and more. The interpretations are crafted with beautiful and original musicianship.
Will Martin is a born and raised “Kiwi,” currently working all over the globe. He is renowned for his engaging performance style and his expressive voice across many musical genres.
This is one of the most acrobatic, multi-faceted performances SAL has hosted. Solomon Jaye performs Tap Into Soul, and he has been called America’s Premier Tap Dancing Soul Singer. Mr. Jaye does it all-he has the cool and soulful voice for “September” and “Just the Two of Us,” the high energy and magnetism for “I Feel Good,” and the raw emotion for “Fever.” He punctuates his singing with the classiest of tap dancing.
The honey-voiced Trevor Panczak sings of life in a small town, the girl he wants to win, the yearning for simpler times, the pleasures of just hanging out with good pals. His songs reflect what may be the best and truest values of his country roots. This singer/songwriter is able to bring audiences back to the dusty road, the “cement-block church,” and the quiet riverbank.
Imagine a rock band with a Celtic flair, a relentless beat interwoven with the strains of a fiddle and songs that have a distinct hard-luck storytelling vibe, both vintage and modern. Derina Harvey, the band’s front woman and lead vocalist, brings her irreverent humor and powerful voice to every song.
Julie Overby & Mike Geer-Wagenblast
Mill Creek Construction
Sherry Aust
The Paperboys is a world-music ensemble led by Tom Linda. Linda is also the frontman of SAL favorite Locarno. The Paperboys, in action since 1992, is proudly a “multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-instrumental, genre-bending, co-ed” band.
Gesa Credit Union
Mill Creek Construction
Seniors Sunset Times
This is a free performance; no tickets are required. Donations are cheerfully accepted.
Performing from the great American songbook, Broadway shows, folk favorites, and contemporary hits, these young performers are perennial standouts on the SAL stage.
Thank you to our sponsors:
Bank of the Pacific
Crisis Support Network
Friend of SAL
Returning to our stage, inventor of the signature “Cellobop” sound, cellist Gideon Freudmann has created a unique blend of genres and techniques over the course of three decades.
Mill Creek Construction
Raymond Pharmacy
Thrivent Financial
Good Co are Pacific NW musicians who blend vintage and modern, high class and low-down, dirty blues forcefully taking over such standards as “At Last”, “Moon River”, “Quiet Nights”, and “Route 66”.
This is a free performance; no tickets are required. Donations are cheerfully accepted.
3 Leg Torso formed in 1996 as a violin, cello and accordion trio with the mission of creating original modern chamber music for their unique instrumentation. Over the following years, the ensemble has expanded both its musical mission and its size to become a quartet that now performs original compositions based on an eclectic synthesis of chamber music, tango, klezmer, latin, and Roma (Gypsy) music.
Seaquest Motel
Chen’s Restaurant
The Wardens don’t just sing about the land, they’re part of it.
The Rocky Mountain-based band’s stories and songs rise from the very land they’ve protected as Canadian national park wardens. With haunting three-part harmonies and chilling tales, the band’s mountain music - blending folk, roots and western styles – reflects Canada's protected wilderness areas. Celebrating the return of wild buffalo, wrangling grizzly bears, lonely nights on the packtrail and reflecting on an environment in crisis, a performance by The Wardens has been dubbed “the quintessential mountain-culture concert experience."
Sherry Aust
Security State Bank
Pioneer Grocery
Brownsmead Flats is an acoustic band who likes to play traditional and original songs in the Crabgrass tradition (bluegrass with a maritime flavor).
This is a free concert, no tickets are required. Donations are gratefully accepted.
Julie Overby & Mike Wagenblast
Heidi Bale
A. Nonny Mouse
Band leader Andrew Emlen, founded folk ensemble Willapa Hills, in 2003, running for 11 years, before the creation of Skamokawa Swamp Opera (SSO.) While Willapa Hills was predominantly folk, SSO veers into the uncharted territory of new wave rock covers produced acoustically, and genres on the other end of the spectrum. Band member Kyleen Austin’s classical opera chops, Jillian Raye’s contemporary underground rock sensibilities, and the pop punk rhythm’s of drummer Erik Friend have dished out a smorgasbord of quirky lovable music, making SSO a household favorite on the banks of the Columbia. And to his great credit, post-pandemic, Emlen now leads SSO into further uncharted territories.
The band now features Andrew Emlen on cello, guitar, mandocello, banjo, and vocals; Kyleen Austin on guitar and vocals; Erik Friend on percussion, mandolin, and vocals; and Wren Hendricks on guitar and vocals. This band is known for their vocal harmonies and unique arrangements for guitar, cello, banjo, mandolin, percussion and voice.
No genre left unturned, well maybe a few— they’ve been a favorite act at the Finnish American Folk Festival of Naselle, and their performance history includes Oregon’s premier music festival, The Pickathon, and their tenure as house band for Portland’s highly popular storytelling stage show, The Seven Deadly Sins. You’ll hear many of their tunes on KMUN radio from their latest album release, Foxglove Streets, with tunes penned by all of the band members.
Sherry Aust
Kristine & Jeff Nevitt
Seniors Sunset Times
Luca Stricagnoli is considered to be one of the most unique guitarists in the world. Luca’s creative style, which led him to invent instruments like the Reversed Triple Neck Guitar and the Reversed Slide Neck, vastly contributed to the modern evolution of acoustic guitar. He has been hailed as a phenomenon and a prodigy by influential magazines and newspapers all over the world, including NME, Guitar World, Der Spiegel, La Repubblica, Daily Sabah, Frankfurter Allgemeine and more.
